Rebels in Syria are edging closer to the key northern town of Dabiq held by the "Islamic State" (ISIS) terrorist group, pushing the terrorists out of more than a dozen villages, a monitor said Tuesday, according to AFP.
Rebel forces are now within 10 kilometers of Dabiq, a town of significant symbolic importance to the jihadists, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
"Since mid-March, Islamist and rebel fighters backed by Turkey have seized control of a wide border area spanning 15 kilometers," said Abdel Rahman, whose Britain-based group relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria.